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Higher Education
OU, state mental-health agency tout ‘pregnant people’
Oklahoma’s “mental health” department went to great lengths to avoid referencing the existence of “women” or “mothers”—instead touting “pregnant people,” “individuals who are pregnant,” and “pregnant and parenting people.”Ray Carter | March 20, 2024
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Higher Education
OSU students can be disciplined for ‘incorrect pronoun usage’
Some of OSU’s policies are sadly typical of the campus insanity seen nationwide.Jonathan Small | February 26, 2024
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Higher Education
To address colleges’ failure, new Oklahoma workforce effort advances
Frustrated with a state college system that produces degree-holders in fields that are in low demand even as higher-paying jobs go unfilled, Oklahoma state senators have opted to do an end-run around the college system.Ray Carter | February 20, 2024
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Higher Education, Law & Principles
OCPA praises court for protecting students from OSU retaliation
OCPA President Jonathan Small praised an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that preserves the right of students to challenge the constitutionality of Oklahoma State University policies without being identified by name.Staff | February 12, 2024
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Higher Education, Law & Principles
Court order protects students from OSU retaliation
OSU argued that students should be forced to reveal their identities if they challenge the university’s policies on free speech. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit disagreed, siding with the students.Ray Carter | February 9, 2024
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Higher Education
False: Frontier’s phony fact checks
As leftist bias and technological change wreak havoc on traditional journalism, some activist scribes have found a new model. One Oklahoma-based website hides behind preposterous claims of journalistic ethics to mask its own objectives. No wonder trust in the media continues to plummet.Trent England | January 26, 2024
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Higher Education
Will universities give the land back?
If these virtue-signalers are serious, they will work to make “land acknowledgement” statements legally binding offers. Give the land back to the tribes (or to the tribes from whom those tribes took it).Jonathan Small | January 15, 2024
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Higher Education
OCPA calls for state investigation of OU student fee use
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs President Jonathan Small today called on state lawmakers to launch an investigation into the University of Oklahoma’s use of mandatory student fees following a recent report indicating student fees were wasted placing women’s menstrual products in men’s bathrooms on campus.Staff | January 10, 2024
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Higher Education
OSU president Kayse Shrum in denial
If we want college leaders to stop the subterfuge and start listening to the taxpayers, making them personally liable for their actions will go a long way.Jonathan Small | January 2, 2024
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Higher Education
OCPA president calls on Kayse Shrum to honor OSU’s ‘historic values’
Recent events have demonstrated to Americans the extent of the rot in higher education, especially in elite institutions. But the problems are here at home, too—including at Oklahoma State University—and it’s time for policymakers to act.Staff | December 18, 2023